matt_m__toronto_ Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 here are some photos i took while in tanzania africa this june/july. gear used. rollei tlr 80mm lens, nikon f3 24mm, 35mm lenses. enjoy and feedback is appreciated :) thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdifaz Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Nice work Matt, I like your shots alot... Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_neuthaler Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Great shots, Matt. Looks like a wonderful trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee hamiel Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Very nice Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof-K Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 very nice, Matt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael s. Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Many excellent shots, Matt -- among the strongest I've seen in some time. I'll be looking at them again, and linking them for friends. Curious about how you got access to the Boys' Prison ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_t Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 very nice work Matt :-) good to see an old fashioned TLR in the field Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowingsky Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 nice, clean, direct images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david k. Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Great stuff Matt, I like the documentary style. However I notice the Al Kaplin influence, with the arms length shot on the bus :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_amos Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 ..so many great photos. Here I go with ones I like best on three passes with comments: Girl at well really pops-even with her at a distance she seems articulated. (I think I would love a TLR.) I like girl looking back at village-suggests interesting relationship between her and home. I've seen bus ride on another post and it is great. It would be great also without the flare, but the flare works for the classic look you referenced before. Orphan on pole is great. I assume that is the Nikkor 24 and the textural contrast is very interesting-it looks like wonderful use of the 24 to me. The whole boy's prison in Tanzania topic is scary, and the blurry one of the three boys where one looks like he has his thumb in his mouth really captures the ominous aspect of what I think of with the topic. I like the boy's kicking the basket or other object in the yard-great sense of motion and frivolity contrasted by the other shots. I enjoyed it. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tennyson1 Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Really nice work Matt! I've bookmarked your page. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffery_pool Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 I think your 6x6 shots have much better style, composition, whatever than your 35mm shots. that said, all of the pics are great, the tlr ones being the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
________1 Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Good going, Matt. Some really fine shots there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjm photo Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Nice pictures Matt...thanks for sharing them...I like the girl at the well and the boy on the bicycle. The black & white presents the locale you visited in somewhat harsh and bleak tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumpster001 Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 some nice shots in there. congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary_brown2 Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 very good , the orphan shot is wonderful. Very natural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 A+ man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r s Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Very nice job. <br><br> On the topic of Africa - a friend of mine travelled around a bit for a month ago and ended up spending one week in Africa. She has had very little interest in photography and the only camera she brought was a small, digital p&s camera. I still think she did a great job: <br><center> <img src="http://static.flickr.com/44/184819654_e4c0ef34e7.jpg?v=0"> <br> <img src="http://static.flickr.com/62/184819656_d857f42aa3.jpg?v=0"> <br> <img src="http://static.flickr.com/73/184819655_6ee74c47ab.jpg?v=0"> <br> </center> <br> She is now considering getting a more serious camera with interchangeable lenses. <br><br> Her flickr site here: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/junekwon/">Flickr</a href> if anyone wants to see more stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uhooru Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Matt, excellant pictures..I'll go back again to enjoy them s'more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Matt, You like bleached out skies a lot, it looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love4leica Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Matt...... Nice shots. Last year I spent a month in Tanzania and in Zanzibar. I hope you also went to Zanzibar which is a photographers paradise. I shot about 700 shots while there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love4leica Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Another One Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon larbalestier Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Matt - beautiful shots one for my bookmarks. thanks for the HU Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmoore Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 matt, very nice series, great tonal range.. vivek, try turning your monitor down a few clicks I think the bleach is on your side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_m__toronto_ Posted July 25, 2006 Author Share Posted July 25, 2006 thanks for the comments. it's hard to do anything about the bleached out skies when it's so bright out and needing to give exposure to such a dark skinned people. guess i've got to live with it :) we gained access to the prison via a missionairy that we were working with for a part of a documentary i was working on. as for zanzibar, unfortunately no, i did not make it. those i was traveling with are there now :( i'm liking the 6x6 format more and more for my still work, though i much prefer framing wide screen when working with film or video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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